diff --git a/test/integration/harness.ts b/test/integration/harness.ts
index ac09d5e..360cd50 100644
--- a/test/integration/harness.ts
+++ b/test/integration/harness.ts
@@ -255,7 +255,9 @@ export function catalogueDir(): string {
     ? [resolve(named, "modules"), resolve(named)]
     : [resolve(process.cwd(), "..", "mesh-catalog", "modules")];
   for (const dir of candidates) {
-    if (existsSync(resolve(dir, "mesh-controller", "module.json"))) return dir;
+    // Known by the registry's manifest, which genesis reads from the catalogue and always will —
+    // not the control plane's, which lives in the control plane's own repository (ADR 0069).
+    if (existsSync(resolve(dir, "distribution", "module.json"))) return dir;
   }
   throw new Error(
     `no catalogue: MESH_LAB_CATALOG=${named ?? "(unset)"} and nothing at ${candidates.join(", ")}`);